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Originally Posted by GoodVibrations101
It doesn't sound like your therapist was a full PhD or MD because in high cost areas their fees run from 150-300 per hour, not just 120 at the high end. Was this therapist a LCSW or a MSW?
Or perhaps this was multiple years ago, or else perhaps you were not in a high cost area. My psychiatrist from 15 years ago charged $250 per hour in the NYC area. She was the one who told me that if I oouldn't afford her fee then I should face reality and look for therapists with a MSW or a LCSW or a student psychologist in training who would give me lower fees.
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I see a clinical science with at least 30 years experience. Her top fee is $175.00/hour. She share an office with several others therapist, including a Harvard trained psychiatrist who's fee is $350.00/hour. None of the therapist take insurance. My therapist take as little as $10.00/ hour and the psychiatrist will cut her fee to $125/hour. I suggested the psychiatrist to a friend because she practices holistic medicine. My friend could afford the full fee, but the therapist mentioned the low end of her sliding scale to him if he ran in to trouble. He saw her for a year and has been off all Ativan and Xanax for 2 years now and is doing great.
There are some with the degrees you speak of that are willing to adjust their fees and are not mired in greed.